Twins, Delmon Young, Agree to "Split" Contract
No, that doesn't mean they're splitting the money.
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Um
Um, sure. I don’t really know what this means all hat much to either side, but it doesn’t seem like a super big thing anyway.
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by AdamOnFirst on Feb 12, 2009 8:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It means
That he is being paid the minimum allowable within the CBA. Also, it means the Twins have bothered to add the clause about going back to AAA into his contract. He will have to earn every penny, beyond the 100 percent more than the average salary outside of baseball , of course. He can make that if he’s injured all year.
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by cmathewson on Feb 12, 2009 8:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Both of your comments confuse me.
This fanshot confuses me too.
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by natetheskate on Feb 12, 2009 11:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It's all in his conract
He signed a major league contract out of high school, with a huge signing bonus. So this contract represents the minimum allowable given the huge contract and signing bonus. Because he was being paid so much for the first five years of the deal, they have to pay him at least this much in 2009—a 20% pay cut.
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by cmathewson on Feb 13, 2009 12:35 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Interesting
Since Delmon is not yet eligible for arbitration, what leverage did he have regarding the 20% pay cut? Perhaps we threatened him with a trip to AAA…
by Adam Peterson on Feb 13, 2009 3:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It's not
Delmon’s leverage, it’s the CBA’s leverage.
by DK on Feb 13, 2009 5:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I understand
I was wondering if Delmon had any leverage to refuse the pay cut. It just doesn’t seem to happen very often for pre-arb players. Then again, most pre-arb players didn’t sign a $5M+ major league contract after the draft.
by Adam Peterson on Feb 13, 2009 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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